Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms-vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations-that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passio...

Responsibilities or duties

• Provide technical and overall coordination of the FGD activity, ensuring adherence to discussion guide, and ethical requirements.
• Support training of the FGD facilitators and provide background on Thrive by Five project for their familiarization.
• Coordinate participant mobilization, session scheduling with the two local partners.
• Facilitate inclusive, neutral, and well-structured discussions, using appropriate probing techniques to generate comprehensive qualitative data.
• Supervise notetaking, audio recording, informed-consent procedures and secure handling of all session documentation and data.
• Conduct post-session debriefs and quality assurance reviews to verify data completeness, accuracy for timely submission of field outputs.
• Support and troubleshoot any emerging issues from field during the activity.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Bachelor’s Degree/ Diploma in a relevant field or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Ability to work with various technologies (computers, mobile phones, etc.) and proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and a positive attitude.
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills in English. Fluency in Dholuo is essential.

Experience needed

• At least three years of demonstrable professional experience in community-level health promotion, health facility–level service delivery, and/or collection and analysis of data from health service providers and caregivers.
• Prior experience in collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data is essential.
• Sound understanding of the structure of the health system in Kenya and the way in which health services are implemented at health facility and community levels.

• Provide technical and overall coordination of the FGD activity, ensuring adherence to discussion guide, and ethical requirements.
• Support training of the FGD facilitators and provide background on Thrive by Five project for their familiarization.
• Coordinate participant mobilization, session scheduling with the two local partners.
• Facilitate inclusive, neutral, and well-structured discussions, using appropriate probing techniques to generate comprehensive qualitative data.
• Supervise notetaking, audio recording, informed-consent procedures and secure handling of all session documentation and data.
• Conduct post-session debriefs and quality assurance reviews to verify data completeness, accuracy for timely submission of field outputs.
• Support and troubleshoot any emerging issues from field during the activity.

• Ability to work with various technologies (computers, mobile phones, etc.)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail
• Positive attitude
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills in English
• Fluency in Dholuo

• Bachelor’s Degree/ Diploma in a relevant field or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• At least three years of demonstrable professional experience in community-level health promotion, health facility–level service delivery, and/or collection and analysis of data from health service providers and caregivers.
• Prior experience in collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data is essential.
• Sound understanding of the structure of the health system in Kenya and the way in which health services are implemented at health facility and community levels.